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<br />DRAFT <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - AUGUST 21, 2000 2 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst requested that Mr. Tolaas advise Mr, Mayasich of the City of Arden Hills' desire . <br />to bc included in any current or future discussions regarding any Twin Cities Army Ammunition <br />Plant (TCAAP) maintenance facility planning discussions involving the County and other <br />agencies, Mr. Tolaas stated that Ramsey County and the National Guard were in discussions <br />about the potential resiting of the joint maintenance facility to comply with City zoning <br />requirements, <br /> <br />County Road E, Streetlight Standard Replacement <br /> <br />Mr. Stafford presented evidence ofthe need to replace the seventeen (17) city-owned streetlight <br />poles along County Road E due to the deterioration ofthe underground mountings, Mr, Stafford <br />estimated the cost of replacement to be between $1,700 - $2,300 per standard, exclusive of <br />mounting and lightheads, Mr. Stafford was working with a firm that suggested replacement of <br />the concrete pillars, at approximately $3,000 per pole, Mr. Stafford recommended to the Council <br />that they direct the City's Operations and Finance Committee to review the City's current street <br />light poliey and potential design of a City streetlight standard, <br /> <br />Discussion items included the immediate safety issues; involvement of the Planning Commission <br />in any future city-wide lighting design process <br /> <br />Staff was directed to bring a recommendation to the City Council at their August 28, 2000 <br />regular meeting with an estimated cost for a temporary welding repair solution; as well as a <br />recommendation to the Operations and Finance Committee and the Planning Commission for a <br />further study, _ <br /> <br />b. Ingerson Road <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated that the purpose of this agenda item tonight was for an informal presentation <br />of the two (2) reports; that of the Ingerson Neighborhood Review Group and that of City Staff <br />and the Consulting Engineer. Mayor Probst asked that any further elaboration on specific points <br />in either report be held until the August 28, 2000 formal presentation to the lull City Council at <br />their regular meeting, Mayor Probst stated that, at the August 28th meeting, a publie information <br />meeting date would be established, with further Couneil action to follow at that publie meeting, <br /> <br />Ms, Linda Swanson, representing the Ingerson Neighborhood Review Group, thanked Mayor <br />Probst, Couneilmembers, City staff, and Consulting Engineer, Greg Brown, for the opportunity <br />to review the proposed 2000 Street Improvement Project, and to provide recommendations to the <br />City CouneiL <br /> <br />Ms, Swanson reviewed the speeific items of agreement, and those conflicting items, between the <br />staff and neighborhood groups, <br /> <br />Mayor Probst expressed his appreciation that there appeared to be more commonality than <br />differences in the reports, <br /> <br />e <br />